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Post by 🆉🅴🅻🅳🆁🅸🆂 on Sept 7, 2017 22:42:35 GMT -5
The edge honestly looks better to me because it's more crisp? But if you like to blend, set the density really really low as overblending makes it look wonky!
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Post by 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘯 on Sept 8, 2017 14:48:30 GMT -5
for colours, I don't know how to explain it so if you want me to rephrase just let me know, but in a nutshell, saturate+darken+maybe shift hue slightly along the colour wheel and you've got a sort of realistic shadow. for highlights, desaturate+lighten instead. the danger with using one colour (in this case purple) is that shadows are generally the colour of the thing they land on. if there are shadows that land on several surfaces near you, take a look and you'll see what I mean. light doesn't work the same way on all colours or materials.
and I 100% agree with what catserole said as well
overall though, your shading isn't bad at all! out of the two examples, I prefer the unblended one as well but both look good to me.
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Post by Brownie on Sept 8, 2017 18:22:07 GMT -5
never use the blur tool ever just don't it's rarely ever the answer
I usually take a rounded brush and use a desaturated, slightly darker shade of color on a new layer set to overlay/multiply with shading opacity down. It looks nice and has some blurred edges but the shadows should still be distinct lines/areas. Don't make it a gradient(like on the top image); that's unrealistic and looks fake. A nice blurred but sharp edge is usually best look at some things in real life and you'll start noticing the shadows and how they work.
Tutorials on youtube for both pencil and digital will help you too.
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